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War brides playing baseball

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New Zealand women who married United States servicemen during the Second World War are shown here playing baseball. The group were members of the Eagle Club, familiarising themselves with the three Cs: cookery, customs and the constitution.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: Weekly Review 166. National Film Unit, 1944

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Megan Cook, Marriage and partnering – Marriage, 1900 to the 1960s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/30784/war-brides-playing-baseball (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 31 May 2011, updated 1 May 2017.